That’s been my thought. I was going to ask how well that works, but I found another thread about it. Sounds like getting decent IR lights that do a proper job can be a challenge.
My other idea was to simulate the spotlight add-on with a motion event to trigger a plug with a small light source which I can make from various parts laying around. I noticed that the night vision was slow to turn off compared to the V3+spotlight. I guess the V3 must do it immediately when the spotlight add-on is turned on where the V3Pan has to detect and wait a few seconds before changing modes (to prevent unnecessary triggering). I don’t see any actions to control night vision through events.
A spotlight v2 is probably in the works that has the right-angle usb connector?
I had to turn off motion tracking anyways, it kept drifting too much. That feature was mostly a plus for me, I mainly wanted to be able to point it around.